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29 Jun 2018, 4:17 am
Commentary comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist and Dahlia Lithwick at Slate, and First Mondays (podcast). [read post]
12 May 2020, 4:05 am
” At The Economist’s Espresso blog, Steven Mazie notes that “[p]recedent is not friendly to Mr Trump’s plea[:] When Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton faced other predicaments involving the separation of powers, the Supreme Court decided against both, unanimously. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 4:23 am
In The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at the court’s ruling in Esquivel-Quintana v. [read post]
16 Jan 2018, 4:18 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie observes that with the addition of these cases to the two partisan-gerrymandering disputes already on the court’s docket this term, “the justices have their hands full clarifying the statutory and constitutional limits on electoral-map cartography. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 3:44 am
” Briefly: In The Economist, Steven Mazie takes a look at the Supreme Court term that began last week, noting that “despite the dearth of doozies,” “the docket does feature significant disputes, including a large handful involving race,” and predicting that until confirmation of a new justice ends the current 4-4 deadlock, the court “will probably duck pending petitions from a transgender Virginia high-schooler who wishes to use the boy’s… [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 3:55 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie discusses Trump v. [read post]
5 Jun 2017, 4:18 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie observes that “as is so often the case, everything may turn on how Justice Anthony Kennedy sees the executive order. [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 4:27 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie finds it “telling that the briefs supporting Mr Trump’s immigration decisions expend more energy imploring the justices to look away rather than to carefully examine the justifications and motives behind the travel restrictions. [read post]
6 Jun 2018, 4:29 am
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie observes that “[s]ix months passed between the hearing and the ruling in Masterpiece,” a delay he suggests may stem from Chief Justice Roberts’ behind-the-scenes efforts “to lower the temperature where possible, even if that means avoiding giving clear guidance on where gay rights end and religious freedom begins. [read post]
31 May 2019, 7:05 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie reviews Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent remarks in his home state of Kentucky that he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 should one arise during the presidential election. [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 3:53 am
” Briefly: For The Economist, Steven Mazie writes that although Chief Justice John Roberts, “a zealous defender of the court’s impartiality and legitimacy, is desperate to avoid” political squabbles, “cultivating an image of non-partisanship will be tricky, because he is tackling a host of clashes on the most electric docket the Supreme Court has seen in recent memory. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 3:40 am
” Steven Mazie writes at The Economist that if the abortion providers lose, “the consequences could be profound, emboldening anti-abortion legislators in many states to pass new laws squeezing access to abortion. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 4:20 am
Briefly: At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie discusses the federal government’s highly unusual request for Supreme Court review of a lower-court decision preventing the federal government from dismantling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, even though the appeals court has not yet ruled on the case, remarking that “[t]here is a lot of chutzpah packed into the DoJ brief. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 4:09 am
” Additional looks at the business pending before the court come from Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Espresso blog, Lawrence Hurley at Reuters, and Constitution Daily. [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 3:53 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie calls Monday’s oral argument in Virginia House of Delegates v. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 5:15 am
(Journalist and teacher Steven Mazie once chronicled for this blog his experiences bringing a class to oral argument at the Supreme Court; much of his advice also applies to attending opinion announcements.) [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 4:12 am
” Additional coverage comes from Nina Totenberg at NPR, Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Espresso blog, Richard Wolf at USA Today, and Bill Mears at Fox News, who reports that “[t]he case will be the first significant legal test so far of the president’s administration and could lead to a precedent-setting ruling on the limits of executive power, especially within the immigration context. [read post]
4 Mar 2020, 3:56 am
” Additional coverage comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Espresso blog. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 4:24 am
” For The Economist, Steven Mazie observes that “Mr Kavanaugh has insisted that judges must always put party politics aside” and that “[h]is installation on the Supreme Court will test whether that is really possible. [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 4:21 am
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie writes that “Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion has the feel of a brokered compromise—it even reads as if the final section may have been added or revised late in the process. [read post]
